Originally Posted by
slawecki
i loved the chablis of old. the chablis of today does not taste like the chablis of old. it was famous for being "flinty". was great with oysters with a bit of lemon on them. didn't sell all that well. now, it tastes like another Burgundy. good, maybe better than the 60's, but very different than the 60's.
If you come here you can still find excellent and real Chablis. Maybe they don't export it, but it still exists in Chablis and it tastes nothing like the other whites.
N.B. i could not afford and did not drink burgundy before the AOC(i thought it called the DOC). after the introduction of the AOC, for years the red burgundy was insipid. at the same time, rhones became wonderful. since then, the burgundy growers have started growing wonderful grapes and making great wines in cellars that they cleaned up.
I'm not sure what years you are referring to, but Burgundy wine was both excellent and world famous in the 18th and 19th centuries. But if you are referring to the 20th century, of course two world wars ravaged the region.